There are several other Jumble blogs, but the ones I checked all started off by listing the answers. In this blog, answers can be either hinted at or masked by burying them in comments. No overt spoilers!
All hints are in the comments!
All hints are in the comments!
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Nov. 22, 2020 Sunday
Nov. 22, 2020
| lavish, syrupy, garble, thinly, divert, smoker, there you "halve" it.
adult, scour, ponder, dawned, (he) drew (on the) past.
"Ya Can't Always Have What ya Want!" The old gang threw Gino a smoker, "home from the can," thinly disguised as stag poker night to keep the wives at home. It was a roast, lavish with strippers and, as diversion for every man who gave the nod, an escort or two to flirt, chat up... or bone.
They all began addressing Gino with syrupy praises, but it wasn't long before insults flew, piling sore on sores. Rough words ran to brawls, which amped into blazes when tough guys' Glocks and Walthers aimed to settle old scores.
Instead of a celebration, with pals hanging with pals, it became a bad bunch of bloody big battles when Marco, Gino's nemesis, the guy whose garbled snitch dropped the dime on Gino, showed up--an "invitational glitch." ~ OMK .
He loved her and wanted to ravish, poured praise on her, oh so lavish. He gave compliments so syrupy, hoping to offer her therapy. Trying not to garble, love songs he would warble. His efforts ended up thinly though he kept up hope, just dimly. Perhaps he could divert her by continuing to flirt her. In the end he became a joker and ended up as a smoker. So, sadly, there you have it-- courting, that couldn't salve it.
Well done! You pack an entire wooing into 7 couplets, Misty, just 14 lines. I particularly enjoyed how you finished by sticking the silent "L" into the rhyming word rather than the giveaway hint. ~ OMK
Sorry, Gang! ~ I can't find the J4 version. It may be on Shockwave, but I can't access that (Flashplayer incompatible). The sites I can reach, USA Today + Chicago Trib, only show the J6 version. If Owen or anybody has a clue about how to find the J4, please let me know. ~ OMK
You haven't clicked on the Daily Jumble link for the Chicago Tribune that Owen has at the right side of the blog? It does take a bit of clicking to find the jumble as opposed to the jumble crossword, but it's definitely a j4. Thing is, I can't tell for sure if it's Sunday's j4. It's about mammoths.
Ol' Man Keith, what an epic poem with a cool abab cdcd eeff pattern! You managed to conjure up a great rivalry with a devastating experience for poor Gino. Excellent, and fun! Many thanks!
And thank you for your kind response to my sad suitor,
And so the gallant knight and the jingling jester gamboled On the way to Coningsburgh Castle. Wamba garbling syrupy songs To divert and entertain his gay companion as the two rode along. When, the kingly knight became lost in thought, Wamba cajoled In thinly disguised verse and clever roundalays such a joker About Athelstane rising up from the dead from the lavish smoker. "I can just see him rising as the porker they begin to carve There's the Saxon would be King going for a portion and a halve".
I'm still in the hospital, but at last I've been reunited with my laptop! I've just added the J4 to this page, and should be back to posting the puzzles again most days. But an occasional gap is possible, so Keith, keep an eye open.
Excellent, Owen! Pardon my curiosity, but where do you find the Sunday J4? On that Shockwave site? Or? As always, when I am able to help, I will...
I enjoyed today's installment, Wilbur. Never mind that a Saxon pretender can somehow eat a Verb. It was funny to see, and who knows how medieval jesters handled their grammar? ~ OMK
17 comments:
OK, Jumblers, we can start with the J6 for Sunday.
If I find the J4 in time, I will post it within an hour. Otherwise, it will need to wait till the morning.
Happy solving!
~ OMK
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PS. In case you haven't already done so, you can enlarge the cartoon by clicking on it.
Well, partly. It's kinda blurry, and I have yet to learn how to control the size of the re-posting.
~ OMK
"Ya Can't Always Have What ya Want!"
The old gang threw Gino a smoker, "home from the can,"
thinly disguised as stag poker night to keep the wives at home.
It was a roast, lavish with strippers and, as diversion for every man
who gave the nod, an escort or two to flirt, chat up... or bone.
They all began addressing Gino with syrupy praises,
but it wasn't long before insults flew, piling sore on sores.
Rough words ran to brawls, which amped into blazes
when tough guys' Glocks and Walthers aimed to settle old scores.
Instead of a celebration, with pals hanging with pals,
it became a bad bunch of bloody big battles
when Marco, Gino's nemesis, the guy whose garbled snitch
dropped the dime on Gino, showed up--an "invitational glitch."
~ OMK .
"Failed Courting"
He loved her and wanted to ravish,
poured praise on her, oh so lavish.
He gave compliments so syrupy,
hoping to offer her therapy.
Trying not to garble,
love songs he would warble.
His efforts ended up thinly
though he kept up hope, just dimly.
Perhaps he could divert her
by continuing to flirt her.
In the end he became a joker
and ended up as a smoker.
So, sadly, there you have it--
courting, that couldn't salve it.
Well done!
You pack an entire wooing into 7 couplets, Misty, just 14 lines.
I particularly enjoyed how you finished by sticking the silent "L" into the rhyming word rather than the giveaway hint.
~ OMK
Sorry, Gang! ~
I can't find the J4 version. It may be on Shockwave, but I can't access that (Flashplayer incompatible).
The sites I can reach, USA Today + Chicago Trib, only show the J6 version. If Owen or anybody has a clue about how to find the J4, please let me know.
~ OMK
You haven't clicked on the Daily Jumble link for the Chicago Tribune that Owen has at the right side of the blog? It does take a bit of clicking to find the jumble as opposed to the jumble crossword, but it's definitely a j4. Thing is, I can't tell for sure if it's Sunday's j4. It's about mammoths.
Ol' Man Keith, what an epic poem with a cool abab cdcd eeff pattern! You managed to conjure up a great rivalry with a devastating experience for poor Gino. Excellent, and fun! Many thanks!
And thank you for your kind response to my sad suitor,
Yes, Sandy ~ That's "Multi-Tusking."
We did that one yesterday. But thanks for trying.
Meanwhile, I think I succeeded in posting a larger version of today's J6. If only [sigh] I can remember how I did it!
~ OMK
Well, I guess the ChiTrib only does Daily Jumbles Mon-Sat. Oh well. I'm happy with just a j6.
What great poetry today. I didn't see the gats coming, OMK, but wadya gonna do when you've got the mob, booze and , the kicker: a rat from the past.
Ah Misty, a courting that's gets more desperate as the syrup flows.
Well, we don't need the J4. I'm sure I can entertain as Wamba will surely do with the Knight of the Fetter lock aka Richard Coeur de Lion
Some are better than others
And so the gallant knight and the jingling jester gamboled
On the way to Coningsburgh Castle. Wamba garbling syrupy songs
To divert and entertain his gay companion as the two rode along.
When, the kingly knight became lost in thought, Wamba cajoled
In thinly disguised verse and clever roundalays such a joker
About Athelstane rising up from the dead from the lavish smoker.
"I can just see him rising as the porker they begin to carve
There's the Saxon would be King going for a portion and a halve".
WC
Wilbur, terrific sage and poem with all those Jumble words worked in! Great! Another real treat!
I'm still in the hospital, but at last I've been reunited with my laptop! I've just added the J4 to this page, and should be back to posting the puzzles again most days. But an occasional gap is possible, so Keith, keep an eye open.
Excellent, Owen!
Pardon my curiosity, but where do you find the Sunday J4? On that Shockwave site? Or?
As always, when I am able to help, I will...
I enjoyed today's installment, Wilbur. Never mind that a Saxon pretender can somehow eat a Verb.
It was funny to see, and who knows how medieval jesters handled their grammar?
~ OMK
They did joke about Athelstane wanting to partake of the chow at his funeral. Prescience as it turned out.
Oops. I solved ahead. I combined two days but they turned out to be Tuesday and Wednesday. So I'll post that poem tomorrow night.
WC
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